Primary Care for Mental Health

Catalog description

In this course, students will explore the mental and psychosocial conditions that are most commonly seen among individuals and families in a primary care setting. Students will evaluate evidence-based practices including cognitive-behavioral, psychopharmacological, collaborative, and non-traditional approaches to manage mental and psychosocial conditions across the lifespan. Students will use approaches that support holistic collaborative treatment of individuals and families living with mental health conditions. This course includes 30 hours of psychopharmacology content to prepare nurse practitioner students for the practice of prescribing psychiatric medications, including controlled substances, as well as addiction management principles.